The U.S. and the world are moving away from democracy and toward autocratic rule. Psychological research suggests several ...

Beacon Press, founded in 1854, will celebrate its 175th anniversary with a Beacon Classics collection of 60 backlist titles.

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A bombshell report on a controversial showdown has found that former Mayor Eric Adams advisor Tim Pearson shoved two migrant shelter security guards, cursed at them and ...

U.N. special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen has said that formation of a “new inclusive government” in Damascus by March 1 ...

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A new book by the journalist Katherine Stewart finds a far-right movement seething in resentment, suspicious of reason and ...

Another world is possible, and impressive strides in democratic progress are being made right now—but not in the USA.

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